From the Research Desk: Georgia

Ben Hartman, a teacher at Cedar Elementary in Gwinnett County, Georgia was concerned about performance in problem solving at his school. As part of his Education Leadership Program at Georgia State University, he studied the following question: Does using Exemplars on an almost weekly basis between October and March improve student performance on Exemplars problems and the CRCT (Georgia Criterion Referenced Competency Test). He found that it did make a difference in both cases.

Change Is Never Easy...

And, sustained change is particularly difficult. So says the staff at the Brewer Elementary School. The Columbus, Georgia school has been in the process of change for several years. Brewer is a school-wide Title I site with approximately 96% of students on free and/or reduced lunch. The mobility rate is 20% but has fluctuated to as high as 40% in the past. The children live in low-rent housing, subsidized apartments, trailer parks, and small single-family homes. Parents, for the most part, are single, and they are employed in unskilled labor or unemployed.

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Supporting Math Reform in the NYC Middle Schools

Exemplars is pleased to be working in collaboration with 200 New York City middle schools, to provide assessment and instruction material as well as professional development.